Crypto News Roundup for Feb. 18, 2020

news One of the three co-founders of Canaan Creative, maker of the Avalon cryptocurrency mining equipment, has stepped down from the Chinese company’s leadership. According to government business registration data updated on Jan. 30, Xiangfu Liu will no longer serve as a board member at the Hangzhou-based Canaan Creative – a role he had served…

Regulators worldwide have been working for several years to determine how best to coordinate international crypto regulation. Earlier this month, the European Parliament approved the European Union’s crypto-assets framework, the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), which some observers have said could form a template for other jurisdictions. Even so, each country or region has issues…

Apr 30, 2020 at 18:23 UTCUpdated Apr 30, 2020 at 18:44 UTCThe Bank of England, via Wikimedia CommonsCBDCs Come in Many Forms – Here’s a Quick GuideGeorge Calle is Market Intelligence Lead at R3, an enterprise blockchain software firm. In just a few short years, digital currencies have progressed hugely. But while the early adopters of…

Verge has been hit by a massive 560,000-block reorganization.Feb 15, 2021 at 11:11 p.m. UTCPornhub Payment Option Verge Suffers Massive Blockchain ReorganizationVerge, a small cryptocurrency serving as a payments option on Pornhub, suffered a massive 560,000-block reorganization Monday, according to researchers at Coin Metrics. Verge’s Twitter account seemed to acknowledge the attack late Monday.In "likely…

news More than 40 central banks worldwide are experimenting with blockchain technology, says a new report by the World Economic Forum. Published Wednesday, the report analyzes how different central banks are either examining what blockchain can be used for or are outright experimenting with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). “It’s very much the case that…

Bitcoin's (BTC) attempt at a sizable rally was snuffed out Tuesday, but the crypto managed to hold the $27,000 level and was trading at $27,180 late in the afternoon, up 1.4% over the past 24 hours.The broader CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) was ahead 1% for the day. Notably underperforming was ether (ETH), with a gain

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news Facebook’s recently unveiled Libra cryptocurrency project threatens the stability of financial systems, according to a South Korean financial regulator. In a new Korean-language trends update published July 5 and reported by CoinDesk Korea, the nation’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) looks at what might occur “If 2.4 billion Facebook users worldwide transfer one tenth of their bank…

news Equity fundraising platform SeedInvest, which was recently acquired by cryptocurrency startup Circle, can now operate as an alternative trading system (ATS), the companies announced Friday. SeedInvest and Circle said in a blog post that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a self-regulatory organization that oversees broker-dealers and securities exchanges in the U.S., granted the crowdfunding…